Draw in fuse 6

Tiny
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Hi there, I traced a draw to fuse number 6 in my car. I have the fuse pulled right now, but I'm not sure what the next step is, or how to trace wires from here. Everything that the fuse controls seems to be working when the fuse is in and the car is running. Can somebody please help me out with what I should do moving forward? Thank you!
Thursday, July 4th, 2019 AT 9:05 AM

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Tiny
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Good morning,

How did you determine the fuse was the source of the draw?

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-dead-overnight

You would need to disconnect one component at a time on that fuse to narrow the area of the draw.

Roy
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Thursday, July 4th, 2019 AT 9:15 AM
Tiny
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That's exactly what I did. I hooked my multi-meter up in series on amperage, and pulled fuses until the amps dropped down to zero. Fuse 6 was the one that was causing a draw.
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Thursday, July 4th, 2019 AT 2:06 PM
Tiny
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Okay, 50 to 75 milliamps are normal reading.

What was your reading?

Roy
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Thursday, July 4th, 2019 AT 4:37 PM
Tiny
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I’ll have to get back to you on an exact number. I was about to test again today, but my multi-meter isn’t reading amps anymore (unfused circuit) so I need a new meter.

When I last did it, I think it was reading 0.2 amps. And sorry, I misread your earlier statement, I haven’t started unplugging components yet.
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 2:56 PM
Tiny
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No worries. There is an internal fuse in the meter for the amp readings.

Roy
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Friday, July 5th, 2019 AT 3:17 PM
Tiny
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Hi there,

Sorry it’s been a bit. I’ve had some transmission issues to deal with lately.

So the strangest darn thing is happening. When I hook my multi-meter up to the battery in series set to 200mA, I get a reading of 13.8mA. This is with all of the fuses in. When I took fuse 6 out and performed the reading again, it was still 13.8mA! So this seems like a good reading, however, I distinctly remember this past winter I would come to the car with a dead battery twice, and when I removed fuse 6, it stopped dying. I did take the battery back to advance to get tested and they said it was a good battery.

So am I good? I feel one day I may come back to a dead battery again lol.
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Saturday, August 31st, 2019 AT 11:57 AM
Tiny
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Yep, at 13.8 is below the 50 to 75 milliamp readings.

Roy
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Saturday, August 31st, 2019 AT 12:29 PM

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